Vivaldi is back with another release, and version 7.6 leans hard into customization. The two biggest additions are a completely editable tab bar and something called The Tab Button. Both are designed to make managing tabs less of a hassle and more of a personal choice.
The new tab bar can be moved to the top, bottom, left, or right, and you can decide exactly which buttons live there. If you want only the bare essentials, strip it down. If you want every tool in plain sight, build it out. Either way, you decide how it looks and works. For people who spend hours a day switching between sites, that level of control matters.
The Tab Button is another take on tab management. Instead of digging through menus for recently closed or synced tabs, everything is in one place. Click the button, type to search, and you can instantly jump to what you need. It even shows duplicate tabs in groups so you can clear out the extras in seconds. By default, the button sits at the end of the tab bar, but you can move it around if you want.
Vivaldi 7.6 also makes smaller improvements that add up. Context menus have been cleaned and reorganized. The address bar now supports @keywords like @tabs and @history for faster filtering. Windows users can swipe on trackpads to go forward or back. The built-in ad blocker gains popup rule support to shut down sneaky windows. Hibernated tabs wake up faster so heavy sessions feel lighter.
On Linux, fixes improve clipboard selection, playback stability with mpv, and keyboard behavior under GNOME 48. macOS users also get attention with fixes for scrolling and tab handling. Mail, Calendar, and Feeds move to version 2.7 with bug fixes and better navigation.
Vivaldi’s pitch has always been the same: your browser should adapt to you. This release stays true to that idea by removing more friction and letting you decide how the browser looks and behaves. If you run Windows, Linux, or macOS, Vivaldi 7.6 is ready to download today.
